I'm pretty sure a fresh gallon of milk is already over $10 where I live in rural Alaska. I have already resorted to buying out of town costco shelf ready milk years ago. A gallon of gasoline however just past $7 this late fall this year here. Sigh. . .

Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful bacteria. This raw, unpasteurized milk can carry dangerous bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, which are responsible for causing numerous foodborne illnesses.

They used to place these close to the fire or inside a pot of boiling water to heat them up.

You could even put a pail that farmers milked cows with over a fire to pasteurize the milk.

And all it takes is the Cow to wade through a pond where defecation happens or lay down in cow pies for the contamination to happen.

They used to place these close to the fire or inside a pot of boiling water to heat them up.

You could even put a pail that farmers milked cows with over a fire to pasteurize the milk.

And all it takes is the Cow to wade through a pond where defecation happens or lay down in cow pies for the contamination to happen.

What a bunch of bull poop, when I was young in PR we used to buy fresh milk all the time from the farmer, sometime I even helped the dude, you ahve noclue how good milk tastes fresh from the cow and before we ruin it for "health" reasons.

What a bunch of bull poop, when I was young in PR we used to buy fresh milk all the time from the farmer, sometime I even helped the dude, you ahve noclue how good milk tastes fresh from the cow and before we ruin it for "health" reasons.

Me and My Grandfather Milked Cows and always heated the milk. I have milked over 100 cows in my lifetime and would always clean the teet before milking, but you can't just go up to a cow and drink. What if they laid down on Poo ?? I am almost 40 years old and have done a lot , but one thing I will tell you is not take the chance of getting sick when it can be easily avoided.

So don't always assume what others have not done... When I was younger up until 9 years old I lived in Lexington/ Buena Vista Virginia where there were lots of farms... I have even milked Goats as well.

Me and My Grandfather Milked Cows and always heated the milk. I have milked over 100 cows in my lifetime and would always clean the teet before milking, but you can't just go up to a cow and drink. What if they laid down on Poo ?? I am almost 40 years old and have done a lot , but one thing I will tell you is not take the chance of getting sick when it can be easily avoided.

So don't always assume what others have not done... When I was younger up until 9 years old I lived in Lexington/ Buena Vista Virginia where there were lots of farms... I have even milked Goats as well.

Meanwhile, in the part of the world where we are not scared of everything not sterilized, people do drink raw cow milk. Personally I don't, not because I'm worried, but because I don't really think I would like it, I like my medium milk.

My uncle though loves raw milk, especially I believe during the calling period or something.